Albert Johnson

Albert Johnson (5 March 1869-17 January 1957) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-WA 2) from 4 March 1913 to 3 March 1915 (succeeding Stanton Warburton and preceding Lindley H. Hadley) and from WA 3 from 4 March 1915 to 3 March 1933 (succeeding William La Follette and preceding Martin F. Smith). He was the chief author of the Immigration Act of 1924, which reduced immigration by 80%.

Biography
Albert Johnson was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1869, and his journalism career took him to Tacoma, Washington in 1898. He was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican in 1912, and he served until 1933. Johnson became Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, and he played an instrumental role in the passage of anti-immigration laws during the 1920s, including the Immigration Act of 1924, influenced by his friendship with prominent eugenicist Harry H. Laughlin. He retired from the newspaper business in 1934, and he died in American Lake, Washington in 1957 at the age of 87.